Main Menu
Home
News
Member Activity
Member Blogs
Downloads
Top Downloads
FAQ's
RSS News Feeds
Polls & Surveys
Search
My Stuff
My Profile
MyBlog Dashboard
Virtual Money
Buy Therebucks
Sell Therebucks
Community
Member Activity
All Members
Member Articles
Member Karma
Member Showcase
Profile Picture Gallery
Profile Video Gallery
bboy Cheat Sheet
Bedican® Commands
Emote List
Thumdar.com
About Us
Staff
Advertising
Contact Us
Press
Privacy Policy
Terms and Conditions
Site Map
Therebucks

Buy Therebucks at Thumdar.comThumdar is Buying Tbux!
I am currently buying $100.00 worth of Tbux. If you're interested, please Read this article.

Newsflash

Twitter on Thumdar.comThumdar Twitters
Because Twitter seems to be all-the-rage, I've decided to tweet. If interested, check it out HERE.

Home
Thumdar.com - Five Years Old!
Friday, 17 April 2009
Thumdar.com 5 Year Anniversary

 
It was a typical Saturday afternoon, February 14, 2004 when I was watching television and saw an internet-based news show mention a 3d virtual world called "There". I immediately jumped up from the couch and surfed to the There.com website. A quick registration with a $50 yearly membership and I was plopped down in Karuna. Thumdar the newb was born!

thumdar-surprise.pngThe fascination was immediate. At that time I was living in Hollywood, California and was tired of the whole Hollywood scene so, There was a welcome diversion. One of my first memories was meeting a girl who had a buggy and who offered to drive me around to see the place. We were cruising around Caldera when we came across an avie building within her paz. I was blown away. Jumping out of the buggy I stood staring with my jaw on the ground as this Thereian moved her deck into place and began dropping furniture. To me, this was entirely too cool and I was truly impressed. That was it ~ I was hooked and soon addicted. I needed a buggy - I needed a flutterbug - I needed a paz - I needed, I needed, I needed.

Soon I was deep within the auctions, looking at the Onus buggies and found what, to this day, remains my fav buggy. I began to realize there were all these people in this world being very creative and it truly impressed me. For 2 months I explored There and was constantly discovering things designers were creating, from great clothing to 3d objects. Creativity everywhere! I was in heaven! So.., I thought, "What am I going to do to add to this world?". The answer was obvious.

Thumdar.com Website 2-8-05I had been designing websites since 1996 and decided it would be fun to create a site based on There. Through my friend aztec3, I had met Bedicus who had created a very cool hack of the There compass called the "Bedican Compass". That was just too cool. Also, other people like Korrupt were creating hacks of the There emotionsbar and yet others creating patches for items in world. So ~ why not put them all on one page?

It was five years ago today, Saturday, April 17, 2004, that I created and published the first web page of what would become known as "Thumdar In There". It was a simple one-page site that had a list of downloads available for those who wanted to get more out of the There experience. The internet access company I was using was a local California company called Quik.com, so the original website address was www.quik.com/thumdar. The word began to spread surprisingly fast and soon I was getting thousands of hits, which made it all the more fun. Soon it expanded into a six page site offering links and designer information and, after a while, I began hearing back from people that the site was a hit and everyone was using it.

So ~ I decided to take the next step and register Thumdar.com and make it official. Since then the site has gone through three major upgrades, the latest in June 2007 in which people could become members. Currently we have a membership of 5,200 with new members added daily and averaging just under 2 million page views monthly. The website has become an integral part of my life and has been an awesome experience. Sometime this year, Thumdar.com will undergo yet another major upgrade which will add new functionality and better performance.

Of course this site would be nothing without those who use and enjoy it. I would like to personally thank everyone who has helped make this community successful and who has encouraged me along the way. 'Cheers and here's to five more years!

Thumdar
'tu

Last Updated ( Friday, 08 May 2009 )
5000 Members & Growing!
Monday, 06 April 2009

5000 Members at Thumdar.com

 

 

With over 5,000 members, the Thumdar.com community is growing and growing. Currently we are averaging 20 new members per day! As new members arrive, the Forums and Library get more and more active. This is great for the entire There.com community as it offers help & information on There related stuff. Also, members here at Thumdar.com are becoming better friends which makes time spent within There more fun!

The Member Showcase is on it's 7th month with softlydreaming the current member. Those of us who are extra active here are very proud of her and all the other showcased members. Membership has it's privileges! 

Sometime in the next month or two, Thumdar.com will be going through a major upgrade in which many elements of the website will be improved and new features added. Stay tuned!!

Last Updated ( Friday, 17 April 2009 )
Translate
Login

You are not logged in.

You are not logged in.

Member Showcase
<><><><><><><><><><><><><>

RockmanD

Who's Online
Guests: 1
Members: 12
Latest MP3's
MP3 Stats
Read My Mind - The Killers
Jayyson406
Ra - Do you call my Name
Markitos388
Celine Dion-eyes on me
dragosp94340
Nancy Ajram-Boussi Boussi
dragosp94327
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol
Jayyson302
Learning How To Bend - Gary Allan
Jayyson287
Hung Up - Madonna
Jayyson285
Gimme More
X_xBlackOutx_X234
RUSH
Thumdar206
Talking Heads
Thumdar205